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Long-lived fuel cells lacking diffusional electron mediators have been created that convert simple and abundant sugars into electricity with >80% efficiency.

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Figure 1: Rhodoferax ferrireducens microbial fuel cell.

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Scholz, F., Schröder, U. Bacterial batteries. Nat Biotechnol 21, 1151–1152 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1003-1151

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